International Energy Agency (IEA) |
Document | 2013

Given the major fluctuations witnessed in energy markets in the past seven years – notably the global economic crisis – Resources to Reserves 2013 assesses the availability of fossil fuels and surveys the cutting-edge technologies needed to find, produce and bring them to the market, while avoiding ...

Raw Talks |
youtube | 2017

Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) |
Document | 2013

This is a discussion paper that aims to offer constructive advice and alternatives on how Zimbabwe can strengthen the governance of its extractive sector for the benefit of its people in the short to medium term. The paper also calls on local, regional and international stakeholders to collaborate e...

Australian Centre for Sustainable Mining Practices |
Document | 2011

This reference book is designed to assist the mining industry to maximize opportunities for economic and social development by implementing leading practice sustainable development principles to deliver practical mining solutions in Australia and overseas.

The position of oil companies toward East Africa has changed considerably since 2006 when the first reserves in Uganda came to light. However, for many investors interested in the region, it remains difficult to get a clear picture of the scale of developments of this sector. This paper discusses th...

African Union |
Document | 2009

On 20-22 August 2008, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) convened a meeting of the technical taskforce to draft the new Africa Mining Vision in preparation for the First African Union Conference of Ministers Responsible for Mineral
Resources Development. The taskforce, jointly ...

This report on Africa’s mineral development regimes was prepared by the International Study Group (ISG) established in 2007 by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). It analyses African
mining from a number of complementary perspectives, driven by a search for new directions bas...

Document | 2015

Natural Resource Governance Institute |
Document | 2014

The sale of crude oil by governments and their national oil companies (NOCs) is one of the least scrutinized aspects of oil sector governance. Swiss commodity trading companies buy a considerable share of the oil sold by African governments. This report is the first detailed examination of those sal...

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies |
Document | 2013

This report discusses the development of new offshore gas in Mozambique and Tanzania. It concludes that the speed and volume of LNG exports from Mozambique and Tanzania will be a function, not only of the amount of gas, but also of domestic politics and policies, the economics of the proposed export...

The World Bank |
Document | 2013

The World Bank, in collaboration with the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Australian Aid, is planning to develop a number of resource corridors across Afghanistan over the next 8 to 10 years. As part of the initial planning, the World Bank is conducting detailed analysis of the potential corridors...

Evidence and lessons from Latin America (ELLA) |
Document | 2016

Many Latin American countries are rich with natural resources like oil, gas and minerals, and they have a wealth of experience to share in terms of the investment policies they have pursued to develop their extractive industries.This selection of publications highlights key resources documenting and...

Natural Resource Governance Institute |
Document | 2015

This document gives an overview of commodity trading. Commodity sales transfer natural resources physical assets into revenues. The sales can generate a large portion of government revenues in a country that is paid in kind, participates in production sharing, or has a state-owned company that produ...

Africa Progress Panel |
Document | 2013

The annual Africa Progress Report is the flagship publication of the Africa Progress
Panel. Published every year in May, the report draws on the best research and analysis
available on Africa and compiles it in a refreshing and provocative manner. Through
the report, and as part of its overall mi...

Omar Zambrano, Marcos Robles and Denisse Laos |
Document | 2016

The relationship between the abundance of natural resources and socio-economic performance has been a main object of study in the economic development field since Adam Smith. Dominated by the verification of the so called curse of natural resource, the mainstream literature on the topic has been mos...

Natural Resource Governance Institute |
Document | 2016

This case study discusses the need for better infrastructure in the DRC to access the country’s vast mineral wealth. Power is needed to get to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s valuable mineral assets. Yet the country’s lack of energy infrastructure has been a key bottleneck for this energy-intensi...

Premier Gold and Mining Haven |
Document | 2013

This document concerns gold mining in the Tien Shan Belt. Despite record exploration spending of US$8b in 2011, the number of 5 million ounce plus discoveries is slowing to a trickle. From 1991 to 2000 there were 68, from 2001 to 2010 just 27 and in the four years to 2011, only 6. In their search fo...